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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-07-28
violating . CITY Ordlssnos.

q. g. Herr, furniture dealer st North Queen
and Walnut streets, was prosecuted some
days sgo for violating the city ordinance by
blocking up tic pavement with his gOoda
This morning there was heAring before
Alderman Fordney who imposed . dns OF
Si0 and costa
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-07-28
r. q .. q a. Csssp Ksesssssa

to Mauch CHUNK. switc chback and 0ieu Oucko,
on Tuesday, August 9th. Round trip tickets
good for thrce days. FArV only q 30, including
ride around switchback. Special through train
leaves Lancaster tking sttee,) at 4 a. m; Col.
umbiA, ., m Mannheim, =. IS n m; Lititz, etA,
and EphrAtA, 7.0c T. IN. rrA,us returning same
day leave AAuch chunk AT 80 y m. fArticu-
lars secutc circular u, all stations.
lyY,kAugl,SG sdNltw
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-07-28

Last evening eight OF the Lancaster Cycling
club rode to RohrerstOwn. Although the
weather was very warm they had . good
time.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-07-28

Up 70 noon today the mayor had issued l52
iiosnses to owners OF hacks, wagons, drsys
DO Many Of these persons have three aud
four vshicleA
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-07-28

Appointed . PalinAan Conductor.
A. X. Poisei, Of this city, has been appoint
ID Pullman car conductor. He received
nosios this morning 10 report 1t Jersey City
q once and Left Lancaster ct 1855
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-07-28

BARGAINS.
u will make q reduction OF o per cent. ON
gai mehts made In the next six weeks IN close
the bsl snoe OF eprtna stock. Every germent
feet at guaranteed. ny Patent strsp Panta.
looms sxcsl u! Others. can be worn visnGut
down, nor bag out st the knees. a ~ goo9
styles OF striped Chsviots tor sri!s . snG fsnts'
n North Queen stsssa, LanoastsE. IA
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-03-17
NORTH LOUISIANA LANDS.

Northwest Louisiana parishes,
states the New Orleans Times Dem
ocrat, are properly moving to secure
some of the immigration now pour
ing into this State from the West
and Northwest. There have been
of late many settlers along the line
of the Vicksburg, Shreveport and
Pacific Railroad, and inquiries are
pouring in about the country, the
character of the soil and climate,
crops cultivated, price of lands, etc.
To meet this demand and the i'm
migration expected, the people of
North Invest Louisiana have thorough.
~ organized. The immigration
Association will collect information
about the parishes, aud distribute it
throughout those parishes Of the
North and West from which immi-
grafton is most likely to come, and
receive and distribute the emigrants.
A Northwestern Louisiana Land
Company has also been organized
to complete the work thus begun.
Its purpose is to carry out still fur
Their the idea of the convention, to
advertise, not by parishes or by
sections, but by individual tracts
and farms, lands for sale. 1t hopes
to secure the agency Of 1000, 900
acres of land, affording the would
be settler in Northwest Louisiana
an opportunity to procure land of
any character he may desire.
With these two organizations at
work the advantages of this portion
Of the State, with it's fertile and
varied soil, its fine forests, its rich
minerals and beautiful streams, will
inevitably increase the tide of immi-
grafton already set in there.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-03-17
RAILROADS AS PROTECTORS
FROM OVERFLOW.

The planters living along the river
front have latterly found that one
of their best projections against
overflow is the railroads. Wherever
a railroad runs through country in
danger of flooding it is to it's inter-
est to have complete system of
levees built and kept in good order.
This pays it far better than repairing
crevasses. To the railroads, there
fore, we owe, of late, much of the
good levee work that has been done.
Without assistance from them it is
doubtful if Bonnet Care would ever
have been closed, Or the system of
levees on the east bank of the river
been completed as they have been.
The Yazoo country of Mississippi
can appreciate the value Of railroad
as a builder of levees even better
The entire Yazoo front was open un-
til the Mississippi Valley road, run
ming through the delta, aided in the
erection of the needed dikes. The
company is taking the necessary pre-
cautions now to assure protection
against damage from the river, and
believing that "a stitch in time saves
nine" has collected large quantity
of material to be ready in case of
accident. The Yazoo levees are in
splendid condition-none better any
where-and the whole delta is re-
garded as perfectly safe; but the
railroad appreciates the necessity of
being prepared against every posi-
BILE contingency so as to render 'tas-
surance doubly sure" AS it is in
the Yazoo country so it is through
out the river region, wherever rail
roads run. It may be the purest
selfshness which induces the roads
to keep the levees in good order to
protect themselves, but it is selfish
ness which protects the whole COM
munity from the dangers and dam
ages of foods.-CNeao Orleans Times
Democrat.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-03-17
SURPLUS REVENUE.

The tariff question has been an
issue between the Democratic and
Republican parties for quite num-
Der of years, having been discussed
and rediscussed until, as a political
issue, it is about worn out; but
every effort which has sought to
make any material change or reforma-
ton in the existing tariff system has
been a failure. It is nevertheless
certain that this question cannot be
placed among the old and dead issues
of the past. 1t is in many ways too
closely and intimately connected with
the prosperity of the country to be
lightly treated or carelessly handled.
Whatever views may be held regard
ing this subject by the political par
ties, in whatever way it may be
thought best to modify the tariff,
it is certain that the government at
this time does not need a high tariff
as a sourceof revenue. The govern
ment is already too rich, having had
for years a large and increasing sur
plus in the treasury. The tendency
of such a large surplus is to encour-
age extravaganza, breed socialism,
communism and q general demorali-
cation. It is not therefore at all
necessary, if indeed it is not pos
tive injury to the country and the
general government at large to have
at this time tariff for the purpose
of agmenting the already large sur
plus revenue.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-03-17
GENERAL NEWS.

Rev. Henry Ward Beecher died in
Brooklyn, New York, on the 9Th inst.
Over 100000 of the 100000 inhab-
itants of Boston are Irish or of Irish
descent.
A fast mail train to reach all the
large Southern cities has been decid-
ed upon.
Charlton H. Way, of Georgia, has
been appointed Consul General at st.
Petersburg, Russia.
Hon. Jos. FL. Pierson, Representa-
tive from Red River parish, died at
Coushatta on the 9Th instant.
Captain James B. Eads, the illus
trous engineer, died at Nassau, Ba-
hama Islands, on the 9Th inst.
E. FL. Abbott, of Aurorp, N. Y,
Supreme Secretary of the Royal
Templars of Temperance, is refugee
in Canada, and the funds of the order
are missing.
The Enterprise Mining and Fur
mace Company was recently formed
at Enterprise, Miss, with capital of
of S750,000. Parties from New
Orleans, Mobile, Meridian and Enter
prise were the incorporators.
At a largely attended meeting of
the Lafourche Industrial Association
last Thursday night at Thibodaux the
committee on factories reported favor
ably on the feasibility of establishing
a canning factory at Thibodaux.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-03-17
GROWING GRASS.

Years of observation have salts
fed as that one Eof the greatest
needs of the Southsi s grass-grass
for hay and grass for fertilizing.
Without rotations of crops there
cannot be any successful agriculture
and without grass sor clover there
cannot be any successful rotation of
crops, nor without these or other
feeding crops can there be any
manure at all adequate to the ne
cessities of the land. This has been
the experience of the successful
farmers of the North, and it will
prove equally true in the South.
The great advantages of grass
and clover are the roots and stubble
of these crops, and the occasional
blowing under of the whole growth,
which furnishes large amount of
fertilizing matter. This is and has
long been the practice North, but it
has been almost unknown in the
South, and in consequence the yield
of the crops commonly grown, and
which are exceedingly exhaustive,
is becoming more meagre and less
profitab BILE. This is proved by the
general average as shown by the
Agricultural Department, by which
it IS seen that the yield of cotton is
about $50 pounds to the acre, worth
at the present price less than 80,
while the yield of corn is no more
than seven to ten bushels in the
majority of cases, and that Of
wheat is no more. This is the in
evitable result of the present sys-
TEN, in which grass has no place
at all.
Grass, however, fourishes as we'll
in the South as anywhere else,
and some indigenous varieties grow
here to a perfection known to no
other section of the Union. For
permanent pasture and hay the Rer-
muda grass is excellent. 1t is i'm
possible to kill it, except by blowing
and cultivating, because of its pc
culiar habit, which gives it special
value for field growth. 1t yields a
large quantity of hay, and the finest
pasture.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-03-17
MARCH MAGAZINES.

Harper's Magazine for March is an
excellent number. It never fails to
please and instruct the reader. tits
always one of the most attractive and
interesting of our popular monthlies.
"Our Little Ones" opens with a
charming picture to illustrate a cap
ital poem, .sGrandma's Glasses. p
There is besides this plenty of other
poems and stories and pictures, all
bright and attractive.
s'The Church Review is one OF the
best of all UNCONVENTIONAL monthlies.
It is conducted with distinguished
ability, and is popular favorite.-
Rev. Henry Mason Baum is it's edi-
tor, and the publishers are Houghton,
Mif1in & Co., New York and Boston.
Annual subscription, 81.
Crank Leslie's Sunday Magazine"
for March is brilliant and interest
ing number. Its articles are varied,
carefully prepared, and full of inter-
est, and its illustrations are drawn
and engraved with admirable clear
ness. It takes its place among the
most important magazines.
ssThe New Princeton Review" for
March is a superior number, ably
discussing living and important
issues. No periodical of its class
ranks higher, whether its subjects or
it's careful editing are considered.
The Review is published six times a
year, by A. G. Armstrong & Son, ia
Broadway, New York. Subscription,
So year.
The March Magazine OF American
History is spirited spring number.
Perhaps historical themes excel all
others in freshness, if well treated.
Atall events, every article in the cur
rent issue of this popular periodical
brings to light something new and
engaging. The whole magazine seems
to us delightfully."- historical, and it
looks as though there was bright
future for it. SIS year in advance.
Published at 80 Lafayette Place, New
York City.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-03-17

PREMIUMS FOR Corn AND CoTroN.
1t will be remembered that Mr.. j. w.
Scott, of Greenwood, was awarded
last season the premium of $50, offer
ed by the police jury for the greatest
yield of corn on one acre of hill land.
Mr.. Scott has already prepared one
acre of hill land from which he ex-
poets to harvest 100 bushels of corn.
He has also MANFRED one acre of the
same character of land which he
thinks will yield two bales of cotton
to the acre. His efforts only show
what can be done by intelligent Gull
tivation. Other farmers should profit
by his success. The premiums this
year offered by the parish are $50 for
corn and $50 for cotton besides the
premiums of the Fair Association
Shreveport Times.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-03-17

Col R. w. Loughery, the Nestor
Of the Texas press. has been appoint
ed Consul at Acapulco, Mexico. Our
FIRST acquaintance with Col Loughery
dates back to 1866, when he was ed
itor and proprietor Of the Texas Re-
publican. Of Marshall, Texas. He
has borne the burdens Of Democracy
for years. He is entitled to some of
the rewards. and We are glad to learn
Of his appointment. During our last
State campaign be edited the Shreve-
port Standard until its suspension.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-03-17

Pennsylvania protectionists can't
pull the pig-iron Of protection over
the eyes OF Southern farmers. What
they want is not tariff protection, but
cheap. and expeditions freights, open
and honest markets and freer trade
with the great distributing and con-
Stunning centres Of the world, not to
mention their urgent demand for re-
lief from the burdens Of taxation,
levied on nearly everything they buy,
for the benefit Of protected monopo-
Lists.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-03-17

The Supreme Court OF the United
States has rendered decision in a
case brought from Tennessee, which
involves the right of one state or
municipality to impose license tax
upon drummers or travelling statesmen
from another State, seeking to sell
goods by sample or otherwise. The
decision is that such taxation is an
interference with interstate commerce
and is therefore unconstitutional.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-03-17

The annual average of earthquakes
for the entire world is about 13-an
unlucky number. Ifthey continue
increasing as during the past year
this average will not long hold good.
It is estimated that thirteen millions
Of lives have been lost in earthquake
disasters in the past! What has the
future in store?
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-03-17

The boomers of Senator Sherman
are going Systematically to work to
convince the public that he Is not the
cold, clammy politician he has the
reputation of being, but that he is a
warm-hearted patriot, and really has
: great deal of latent animal magnet
ism. Such is life and politics.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-03-17

A protection ..organ says: ''The
tariff can now draw long breath
and resume business at the old stand
without fear of interruption" The
people can draw a long breath and
continue the payment of the war
taxes awhile longer for the benefit OF
the protected monopolists.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-03-17

The protection papers of the South
are making slow progress trying to
convince the farmers and business
men Of this section that the way to
prosperity is to perpetute the system
that protects rich manufacturers and
moneyed syndicates.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-03-17

The Congressional Record was
printed one week after the adjourn
medt of Congress, in order to print
speeches that were not delivered.
From this it may be seen that the
Record is not true record.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-03-17

We have often heard it said that
prohibition does not prohibit" but
it is likely that ]. G. Beysen, of At
lanta, Ga, thinks it does. He was
recently fined $1,000 for violating
the prohibition laws.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-03-17

The worst blot on the forty-ninth
Congress was its failure to reduce the
tariff taxes. Will the fftieth Con-
gress profit by the blunders of its
predecessor?
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-03-17

The most important measure that
did not pass the 49th Congress was
the one to lessen the burdens impos-
cd on the people by the war tariff.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-03-17

An exchange contains this import
ant item: sCol Stricken has placed
seven new shingles on the roof of
his COW shed. The country needs
more men like Col. Stricken"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-03-17

Great strikes are great evils. They
always result badly. There is no
profit in them to any one except the
people who make money through
the Universities of others in times OF
great excitement.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-03-17

Perhaps the fisheries dispute can
Be amicably settled, and we might
forgive England for everything if
she would only take away our cod
Ash Anglomaniac aristocracy.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-03-17

Virgins claims to have predicted
the recent earthquakes in Europe
He didn't predict them however, un-
ill after they occurred. He couldn't
afford to hazard his reputation on a
premature prediction.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-03-17
Railways are drying up canals
The old Chesapeake and Ohio is
shout to become useless ditch.

A Pennsylvania paper defines a
capitalist as "workingman who has
barned to live on less than he earns
A good definition.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-03-17

The roller skating craze has just
reached Mexico. It will become this
country's sweet revenge when, and
will floor the Mexicans as completely
as pulque downed the Americans.
Possibly Mr.. Sedgwick sent it there.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-03-17
There is a law in this State which

There is a law in this State which
imposes a fine for cruelty to ami.
mails. Poorly fed, badly kept and
numerically beaten horses, mules
and oxen are disgrace to any man,
aud the owner should be discounte.
nanced by the public and the law
should deal with him severely.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-03-17

Ouachita Telegraph: .Politics as
a calling is mighty precarious and
the ingratitude Of politicians is pro-
verbal
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-03-17

It is said beetle will draw twenty
times its own weight. About once
in ten million times a lottery ticket
will do the same thing.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-03-17

The Maine legislature refuses to
grant female suffrage.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-03-17

There will be 100 new men in the
next Congress.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-03-17
y. I'D. 81. #. W.atks..

A ttorneys at Law, Minden la. w;u-
"A tice in all the Courts in Ras.:. ~ pfae.
Webster parishes. 0ss ae and
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-08-05

OLYMPIA WASHINGTON TERRITORY: FRIDAY EVENING AUGUST

com county. They visited Ferndale,
Nooksack crossing, Lynden, Wager and
Lummi Indian reservation and the ex-
tensive alluvial prairies along the
fOrty-ninth parallel. They express
themselves as astonished at the extent
and richness of the agricultural lands
of this county, the number and thrifty
appearance of its villages and the
grand possibilities for this most north
westerly county in the United States.
They say that the county will support
farming population Of over 25,OOO.
To say that they are enthusiastic is ex-
pressing it mildly. The party left on
the steamer Idaho this morning for
Laconner. The trip has no political
significance, although such has been
the report. The Governor desires to
become acquainted with the people
and their needs and to see the Terri
tory.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-08-05

The Nashville American says that
there is no use trying to keep down
the growing feeling that the North
and the South have common business
interests. The prompt way the battle
flag incident and the insolence of the
Grand Army men were relegated to an
obscure corner is the best evidence
lately that the business men of the
country will have none of this nom
sense. Were it not in reality a very
serious matter, this hot-house nurture
of an exhausted sectional prejudice
would provoke q smile. If the three
palsies general will take look at pub
lic'sentiment, not excepting the Re-
publican newspapers, he will see that
he is very generally, either directly or
indirectly, set down as one of the
greatest asses of the times. The fun
niest part of it all is that his violent
call upon heaven was made with the
utmost sincerity. He was fool enough
to believe the Grand Army had been
insulted and that the country was
about to be given over to the enemy.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-08-05

CHAs. H. Reed, one of the lawyers
who defended Guitteau, attempted sui
eide in New York by jumping into
North River, last Friday. He has lost
all his legal pratice and is reduced to
great poverty. A few days ago he was
arrested for trying to rob the till in =
saloon in Jersey City, but was not
prosecuted. He was subsequently ar
raigned at the Tombs Police Court.
He said he was drunk when he jumped
into the river and did not know what
he was doing. He was committed to
the care Of the Commissioner of Char
tiles and Corrections, to be examined
as to his sanity.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-08-05

POSTAL Inspector George Mason of
Portland, has received orders from
Washington to Immediately inspect
all the fourth-clase pastofiices in the
district under his charge. The mag
nitude of this order will be apprec-
lated when it is learned that there are
514 four'h-class Offices in Oregon, 113
in Washington Territory, $50 in Mon
tana and eight in Alaska. This makes
total of 1,185. These are all in the
district under Mr.. Mason's care, and
he and the inspectors under him
have q herculean task to perform.
Following are the total number of
postofices, including all tie classes in
the jurisdiction above mentioned
Oregon 527, Washington 426, Mon
tana 262 and Alaska 8, total 1924.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-08-05

ONE Of the native drums found in
the Congo region was a queer thing.
1t was made of log FIVE feet long. A
long, oblong hole was pierced in the
tor, which had been dug out as much
as possible. When struck on either
side of the hole with stick the log
emitted a sound that could be heard
for miles. The longer the distance
the more unearthly the sound.